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metatron2
Member since Jul-03-07
My peak elo is 2300 but I haven't been active in classical chess tournaments for about 30 years.

My favorite (active/semi active) players are: Kasparov, Topalov, Carlsen, Grischuk, MVL, Mamedyarov, Firouzja, Aronian, Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Kramnik

Like most "inactive" chess lovers, I do play blitz on the Internet:

My handle on FICS is: "metatrony"

If you want to play, just leave me a message here on chessgames or on FICS.

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For years there used to a message here about Moro, following a bet I lost to slomarko, but since he left CG long ago, I figured the time has come to remove it..


   metatron2 has kibitzed 2352 times to chessgames   [less...]
   Jun-16-25 Kenneth Rogoff (replies)
 
metatron2: <nok: <<nok> what is your position about Israel's actions in Iran?> Here it is> But you didn't answer the last question of my post, so can you answer it as well ? Here is that post again, for your convenience: Kenneth Rogoff (kibitz #95836)
 
   Jun-02-25 Norway Chess (2025) (replies)
 
metatron2: <Mayankk: Carlsen fell to an elementary 2-move tactics after playing a wonderful game till then> Not really.. Obviously Carlsen saw that after his 52..Ne2+ white has 53.RxN+ KxN 54. NxR, he just thought that his two connected passers, supported by his K that also cuts off ...
 
   May-05-25 Vladimir Kramnik (replies)
 
metatron2: <Sally: https://www.gambit.lu/wp-content/up... > Great image, never saw it before.. I don't recognize the guy between Kramnik and Capablanca and he has a camera, so I guess that is the artist of that painting? <fabelhaft: The Anand vs Kramnik debate made more sense around
 
   May-05-25 Hans Niemann (replies)
 
metatron2: Apparently Niemann waited for a full Month before publicly addressing his withdrawal from Paris, and even after all that time, he still couldn't give even a Hint about the reason, other than claiming that thinking that it was related to the strict anti-cheating measurements there ...
 
   May-03-25 Ding Liren (replies)
 
metatron2: Just came across this game of Ding from 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcA... It refreshed my memory of what an amazing creative player Ding was. Too bad we lost him during covid times, with China's strict flight restrictions. He never got back to himself since then, even ...
 
   Apr-27-25 Grenke Freestyle Open (2025) (replies)
 
metatron2: Hi <Teyss> <The mistake arouse from the fact Wikipedia starts with "Transcendental chess (TC) also known as pre-chess" which is wrong> Indeed.. I guess those chess variants are not popular enough to have Wikipedia users that watch the page and correct it.. <you ...
 
   Apr-20-25 Ju - Tan Women's World Championship Match (2025) (replies)
 
metatron2: <keypusher: Am I right to think that she has never been the top rated woman in the world> Technically yeah, but she has been #2 in the world behind Hou Yifan many times, and Hou Y hasn't played in tournaments since 2018, and only kept her rating active with few league games ...
 
   Feb-25-25 Magnus Carlsen (replies)
 
metatron2: Carlsen and chesscom (along with Caruana) managed to include chess as part of esports, which means much more popularity (and money) for the game: https://esportsinsider.com/2024/12/... Maybe a co-operation with fide will be just a burden for Magnus after all.. Seems like fide ...
 
   Feb-11-25 Freestyle Grand Tour Weissenhaus (2025) (replies)
 
metatron2: <Atterdag: Thanks, <metatron2> for these interesting observations and notions. I fully concur> Thanks Atterdag.. We will see weather those observations will hold until the end of the Freestyle tour.. <stone free or die: Before engines there was opening books> I'm
 
   Feb-03-25 Tata Steel Masters (2025) (replies)
 
metatron2: That was an epic finish for this exciting tournament: The 3 young talents fighting for the first place, with the two leaders crack under the pressure and lose, while the 4th young talent making an amazing come back in the last two rounds, after having the worst tournament of his ...
 
   Dec-20-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024) (replies)
   Dec-14-24 Kibitzer's Café (replies)
   Dec-12-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024 (replies)
   Nov-30-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024 (replies)
   Nov-28-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024 (replies)
   Nov-09-24 Chennai Grand Masters (2024) (replies)
   Nov-06-24 Champions Showdown 9LX (2024) (replies)
   Oct-22-24 United States Championship (2024) (replies)
   Oct-09-24 TechM Global Chess League (2024) (replies)
   Sep-26-24 Jerusalem Masters (2024) (replies)
   Sep-24-24 Budapest Olympiad (2024) (replies)
   Sep-19-24 D Gukesh vs Wei Yi, 2024 (replies)
   Sep-02-24 Sinquefield Cup (2024) (replies)
   Aug-14-24 FIDE World Rapid Team (2024) (replies)
   Jul-09-24 Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2024) (replies)
   Jun-29-24 D Gukesh vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2024 (replies)
   Jun-03-24 12th Norway Chess (2024) (replies)
   May-05-24 World Championship Candidates (2024) (replies)
   Mar-31-24 GRENKE Chess Classic (2024) (replies)
   Feb-01-24 Tata Steel Masters (2024) (replies)
   Jan-16-24 P Maghsoodloo vs Abdusattorov, 2024
   Jan-16-24 D Deshmukh vs J Santos Latasa, 2024
   Dec-23-23 Chennai Grand Masters (2023) (replies)
   Dec-16-23 So vs Carlsen, 2023
   Dec-12-23 CCT Final Prelims (2023) (replies)
   Dec-11-23 London Chess Classic (2023) (replies)
   Nov-06-23 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) (2023) (replies)
   Oct-31-23 FIDE Grand Swiss (2023) (replies)
   Oct-21-23 A Puranik vs Carlsen, 2023
   Oct-18-23 Carlsen vs M Karthikeyan, 2023 (replies)
   Oct-18-23 United States Championship (2023) (replies)
   Oct-12-23 A Suleymenov vs Carlsen, 2023 (replies)
   Oct-11-23 Niemann vs Aronian, 2023 (replies)
   Sep-14-23 Garry Kasparov (replies)
   Sep-07-23 Radjabov vs Grischuk, 2023 (replies)
   Aug-28-23 FIDE World Cup (2023) (replies)
   Aug-28-23 Viswanathan Anand (replies)
   Aug-17-23 D Gukesh vs Carlsen, 2023 (replies)
   Aug-13-23 Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2023 (replies)
   Jul-24-23 Bullet Chess Championship (2023) (replies)
   Jul-22-23 Ju - Lei Women's World Championship Match (2023) (replies)
   Jul-16-23 Aimchess Rapid (2023) (replies)
   Jun-12-23 11th Norway Chess (2023) (replies)
   May-13-23 Superbet Chess Classic Romania (2023) (replies)
   May-04-23 Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023) (replies)
   Apr-30-23 Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-29-23 Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-29-23 jessicafischerqueen chessforum (replies)
   Apr-27-23 Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-27-23 Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-24-23 Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-24-23 Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-20-23 Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-19-23 Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023 (replies)
   Apr-17-23 Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023 (replies)
   Feb-13-23 Airthings Masters Div 1 (2023) (replies)
   Jan-17-23 Tata Steel Masters (2023) (replies)
   Sep-26-22 Julius Baer Generation Cup (2022) (replies)
   Sep-14-22 Sinquefield Cup (2022) (replies)
   Aug-09-22 Chennai Olympiad (2022) (replies)
   Jul-26-22 World Championship Candidates (2022) (replies)
   May-25-22 Fabiano Caruana (replies)
   May-20-22 Superbet Chess Rapid & Blitz Poland (2022) (replies)
   Apr-18-22 FIDE Grand Prix Berlin (2022) (replies)
   Mar-28-22 Sergey Karjakin (replies)
   Feb-26-22 Airthings Masters (2022) (replies)
   Feb-16-22 FIDE Grand Prix Berlin (2022) (replies)
   Dec-31-21 World Rapid Championship (2021) (replies)
   Dec-28-21 Firouzja vs K Shevchenko, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-21-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021) (replies)
   Dec-09-21 Alexey Shirov (replies)
   Dec-08-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-07-21 Ian Nepomniachtchi (replies)
   Dec-04-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-30-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-28-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-25-21 Firouzja vs Mamedyarov, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-23-21 Alireza Firouzja (replies)
   Nov-23-21 European Team Championship (2021) (replies)
   Nov-08-21 FIDE Grand Swiss (2021) (replies)
   Nov-01-21 Ehlvest vs Korchnoi, 1988
   Oct-17-21 United States Championship (2021) (replies)
   Oct-05-21 Meltwater Tour Final (2021) (replies)
   Sep-17-21 Nepomniachtchi vs A Tari, 2021
   Sep-17-21 Norway Chess (2021) (replies)
   Sep-13-21 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Sep-13-21 Hikaru Nakamura (replies)
   May-12-21 World Championship Candidates (2020/21) (replies)
   Apr-27-21 Bobby Fischer (replies)
   Mar-29-21 chessgames.com chessforum (replies)
   Mar-25-21 Magnus Carlsen Invitational (2021) (replies)
   Mar-09-21 Opera Euro Rapid (2021) (replies)
   Feb-14-21 Tata Steel Masters (2021) (replies)
   Feb-05-21 Capablanca vs Bogoljubov, 1929 (replies)
   Feb-05-21 A Ghasi vs T Fodor Jr, 2017
   Jan-02-21 Airthings Masters (2020/21) (replies)
   Dec-12-20 chess.com Speed Chess (2020) (replies)
   Dec-02-20 Skilling Open (2020) (replies)
   Oct-16-20 Norway Chess (2020) (replies)
   Oct-10-20 Carlsen vs Firouzja, 2020 (replies)
   Sep-30-20 St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (2020) (replies)
   Sep-12-20 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX (2020) (replies)
   Sep-09-20 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals (2020) (replies)
   Aug-31-20 FIDE Online Olympiad (2020) (replies)
   Aug-09-20 Legends of Chess (2020) (replies)
   Jun-14-20 Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020) (replies)
   Jun-11-20 Clutch International (2020) (replies)
   Jun-10-20 AylerKupp chessforum (replies)
   May-04-20 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2020 (replies)
   May-03-20 Magnus Carlsen Invitational (2020) (replies)
   Apr-25-20 Caruana vs Firouzja, 2020
   Apr-20-20 Firouzja vs Ding Liren, 2020 (replies)
   Oct-02-19 World Cup (2019) (replies)
   Dec-01-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-28-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-26-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-22-18 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018) (replies)
   Jun-16-18 Your Next Move (Blitz) (2018) (replies)
   Mar-24-18 World Championship Candidates (2018) (replies)
   Jan-30-17 Tata Steel Masters (2017) (replies)
   Jan-17-17 Carlsen vs Wei Yi, 2017 (replies)
   Jan-01-17 Eyal chessforum (replies)
   Dec-15-16 London Chess Classic (2016) (replies)
   Nov-28-16 Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship Match (2016) (replies)
   Nov-24-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 (replies)
   Sep-12-16 Eugenio Torre (replies)
   Sep-09-16 Baku Olympiad (2016) (replies)
   Apr-30-16 Ultimate Blitz Challenge (2016) (replies)
   Mar-27-16 Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016 (replies)
   Mar-27-16 Caruana vs Svidler, 2016 (replies)
   Mar-24-16 Anand vs Karjakin, 2016 (replies)
   Mar-21-16 World Championship Candidates (2016) (replies)
   Feb-07-16 Tata Steel Masters (2016) (replies)
   Jan-11-16 Kibitzer's Café (replies)
   Dec-26-15 Qatar Masters (2015) (replies)
   Dec-07-15 London Chess Classic (2015) (replies)
   Sep-27-15 Wei Yi (replies)
   Sep-25-15 World Cup (2015) (replies)
   Aug-31-15 Levon Aronian (replies)
   Aug-04-15 M Roberts vs Kasparov, 2012
   Jul-22-15 Ding Liren - Gelfand (2015) (replies)
   Jul-05-15 Kramnik vs Nisipeanu, 2015 (replies)
   Jul-04-15 Dortmund Sparkassen (2015) (replies)
   Jul-04-15 Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015 (replies)
   Jun-29-15 Veselin Topalov (replies)
   Jun-24-15 Magnus Carlsen (replies)
   Jun-20-15 Anand vs Carlsen, 2015 (replies)
   Jun-19-15 Norway Chess (2015) (replies)
   May-02-15 Gashimov Memorial (2015) (replies)
   Apr-29-15 Kasparov vs Short (Blitz) (2015) (replies)
   Nov-22-14 Anand vs Carlsen, 2014 (replies)
   Nov-19-14 Anand vs Carlsen, 2014 (replies)
   Nov-16-14 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 (replies)
   Mar-30-14 World Championship Candidates (2014) (replies)
   Mar-29-14 Viswanathan Anand (replies)
   Feb-01-14 Zurich Chess Challenge (2014) (replies)
   Dec-03-13 Houdini (Computer) (replies)
   Nov-19-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013) (replies)
   Sep-29-13 Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2013 (replies)
   Aug-28-13 World Cup (2013) (replies)
   Aug-28-13 Anatoly Karpov (replies)
   Aug-27-13 Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2013 (replies)
   May-31-13 Topalov vs Bacrot, 2013 (replies)
   Apr-18-13 Vladimir Kramnik (replies)
   Mar-31-13 Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2013 (replies)
   Mar-30-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) (replies)
   Jan-26-13 Tata Steel Group A (2013) (replies)
   Oct-08-12 Grand Slam Chess Final (2012) (replies)
   Sep-08-12 Hans Arild Runde (replies)
   Aug-03-12 Biel Chess Festival (2012) (replies)
   Dec-19-11 Hikaru Nakamura (replies)
   May-20-11 World Championship Candidates (2011) (replies)
   Apr-07-11 Garry Kasparov (replies)
   Mar-15-11 Kramnik vs Karjakin, 2011 (replies)
   Jan-31-11 Tata Steel Group A (2011) (replies)
   Dec-27-10 London Chess Classic (2010) (replies)
   Nov-15-10 World Blitz Championship (2010) (replies)
   Oct-31-10 Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament (2010) (replies)
   Oct-13-10 Grand Slam Chess Final (2010) (replies)
   Oct-04-10 Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010) (replies)
   Sep-25-10 Jobava vs Carlsen, 2010 (replies)
   Aug-17-10 Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2010 (replies)
   Jul-05-10 King's Tournament (2010) (replies)
   Jun-10-10 0 (replies)
   May-11-10 Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010) (replies)
   Apr-24-10 Topalov vs Anand, 2010 (replies)
   Jan-30-10 Corus Group A (2010) (replies)
   Dec-09-09 Carlsen vs McShane, 2009 (replies)
   Nov-28-09 BNbank Blitz (2009) (replies)
   Nov-21-09 Carlsen vs Kosteniuk, 2009 (replies)
   Nov-12-09 Tal Memorial (2009) (replies)
   Sep-23-09 Kasparov - Karpov Rapid Match (2009) (replies)
   Sep-21-09 alexmagnus chessforum (replies)
   Sep-03-09 Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008) (replies)
   Aug-29-09 Rising Stars - Experience (2009) (replies)
   Aug-06-09 zarg chessforum (replies)
   May-31-09 achieve chessforum (replies)
   May-23-09 Carlsen vs Topalov, 2009 (replies)
   May-18-09 angslo chessforum (replies)
   Apr-16-09 Bureaucrat chessforum (replies)
   Apr-15-09 Rolfo chessforum (replies)
   Mar-08-09 Linares (2009) (replies)
   Feb-23-09 Topalov - Kamsky Candidates Final (2009) (replies)
   Jan-27-09 Corus Group A (2009) (replies)
   Jan-24-09 Alexander Morozevich (replies)
   Dec-21-08 WannaBe chessforum (replies)
   Nov-20-08 Borin Topic (replies)
   Nov-18-08 Trophee CCAS (2008) (replies)
   Nov-15-08 Nigel Short (replies)
   Oct-29-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (replies)
   Oct-21-08 JointheArmy chessforum (replies)
   Oct-10-08 positionalgenius chessforum (replies)
   Oct-07-08 Karpov - Anand FIDE World Championship Match (1998) (replies)
   Sep-03-08 Aronian vs Carlsen, 2008 (replies)
   Sep-02-08 Grand Slam Chess Final (2008) (replies)
   Aug-26-08 slomarko chessforum (replies)
   Aug-24-08 chessgames.com chessforum (replies)
   Aug-19-08 Bobby Fischer (replies)
   Jul-18-08 jessicafischerqueen chessforum (replies)
   Jul-17-08 acirce chessforum (replies)
   Jul-17-08 E Trice vs M Rich, 2007 (replies)
   Jul-17-08 Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008 (replies)
   Jul-15-08 brankat chessforum (replies)
   Jul-11-08 zoat22 chessforum (replies)
   Jun-28-08 Dortmund Sparkassen (2008) (replies)
   Jun-24-08 Aerosvit (2008) (replies)
   May-22-08 square dance chessforum (replies)
   May-02-08 Emil Sutovsky (replies)
   Apr-30-08 chessmoron chessforum (replies)
   Apr-26-08 H Runde vs Morten Jensen, 2003 (replies)
   Apr-07-08 Alekhine vs Kmoch, 1930 (replies)
   Jan-16-08 Etienne Bacrot (replies)
   Dec-24-07 Vasyl Ivanchuk (replies)
   Dec-20-07 Gata Kamsky (replies)
   Nov-28-07 Teimour Radjabov (replies)
   Nov-21-07 Boris Gelfand (replies)
   Nov-21-07 Peter Leko (replies)
   Nov-10-07 Liga de Campeones (2007) (replies)
   Oct-31-07 Ivanchuk vs B Moran Nuque, 1985 (replies)
   Sep-14-07 Kasparov vs Andersson, 1985 (replies)
   Sep-02-07 Kasparov vs A Sokolov, 1978 (replies)
   Aug-10-07 Krasenkow vs K Lie, 2007 (replies)
   Jul-28-07 I Cheparinov vs Ivanchuk, 2005 (replies)
   Jul-23-07 Andrei Sokolov (replies)
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